Bhubaneswar, May 2 (PTI) Odisha's COVID-19 death toll rose to 9,126 on Monday as two more persons succumbed to the disease after a gap of 11 days, a health department bulletin said.

The previous coronavirus death was reported on April 20.

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Fifty-three other COVID-19 patients in the state have died due to comorbidities so far, the bulletin said.

The tally climbed to 12,88,068 with 11 new coronavirus infections, the health department said.

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The state now has 87 active cases, while 12,78,802 patients have recovered from the disease, including seven on Sunday, the bulletin said.

The state conducted 16,424 sample tests for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, it added.

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